Re: CDROM is and isn't mounted
Jens Axboe (axboe@image.dk)
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 18:50:48 +0200
On Tue, Oct 05 1999, Robert K. Nelson wrote:
> Under a 2.2.12 kernel I have a CDROM which won't unmount. Symptoms
>
> It isn't in /etc/mtab (doesn't show up under a /bin/mount)
> It is in /proc/mounts
> When I try to /bin/umount it is reported as device busy
> /usr/sbin/fuser -u -m reports no users on the drive
> /usr/sbin/fuser -v reports that the kernel has the drive mounted
>
> I can read the files on the CDROM, I just can't unmount it. This may be
> due the fact that VMWare has been run on this machine (tho it is not
> running presently). In any case, it would be nice to have a way to
> force the mount and usage status of a drive to be made consistant.
That would be fixing the symptom, not the real bug. Are you
sure that this is a usage count problem?
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* Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
* Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
* http://www.kernel.dk
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